Horodecki Draws ‘Bonesaw’ as September Opponent in Ontario

Canadian lightweight Chris
Horodecki will try for a second consecutive win in his home
province of Ontario when he meets Albertan “Bonesaw” Brad
Cardinal on Sept. 10.

The matchup was announced Monday as the main event of
Freedom Fight “For Honor and Pride,” which takes place at
Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. MM-eh.ca first
reported Horodecki’s participation last week.

No other bouts have been confirmed for the show, Freedom
Fight’s first since July 2008 and the first to be scheduled in
Sudbury since Ontario legalized MMA in August.

Horodecki (Pictured), 23, was released by Zuffa in December
following a 2-2 run inside the blue confines of World Extreme
Cagefighting. The Shawn
Tompkins pupil sandwiched wins over Danny
Downes and Ed Ratcliff
between stoppage losses to Anthony
Njokuani and Donald
Cerrone, the latter coming via triangle choke at WEC 53. In his
April 2 return to action, Horodecki submitted David
Castillo 4:24 into their meeting at “MMA: The Reckoning” in
Rama, Ontario.

Fighting out of
BDB Martial Arts in Calgary, the 32-year-old Cardinal has
emerged victorious from nine of his last 10 outings, finishing
eight opponents in that span. Most recently, on May 6, he claimed
the Wreck MMA lightweight title with a technical submission of
Jesse
Gross via third-round rear-naked choke. Before he meets
Horodecki, however, Cardinal is expected to take on Michigan’s
Daron
Cruickshank at the inaugural offering from Slammer
in the Hammer in Hamilton, Ontario.